Famous Nations: The Stories of Peoples which Have Attained Prominence in History, Volume 1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889 |
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Common terms and phrases
Accad Accadian Agadê Allat ancient Arabs Asshur Assyrian Babylon Babylonian beautiful belong Berosus Bible bricks British Museum called Chaldea Chap conjuring culture Cushite cylinders dark dead demons desert discovery divine Dumuzi dwelling dwelt earth East Elam entirely Erech Euphrates evil fancy fragments Genesis goddess gods Greek hand heaven Hebrew HITTITE human hundred inscriptions Ishtar Izdubar KHORSABAD king Koyunjik land language later Layard legend living Lord Maskim ment Meridug Mosul mound mountains myths narrative nations nature Nimrud Nineveh nomadic Oannes original palace Perrot and Chipiez Persian plain platform priests probably race reign religion religious river ruins rule sacred Sargon sculptures Semitic Sennacherib Shamash shape Shinar ship Shumir and Accad Shumiro-Accads Sippar spirits stone story Syria tablets temple thee things thou Tigris tion tribes Turanian walls Warka waters wonder words Ziggurat
Popular passages
Page 354 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 137 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 218 - Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son ; now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria...
Page 116 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Page 272 - Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Page 116 - And they took the bullock, which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us.
Page 231 - Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house.
Page 271 - Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee ? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.
Page 349 - Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: and I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Page 231 - So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son : come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.